YouTube poop also draws on elements from the vidding scene, in which fans of a piece of media would create music videos using footage from the work. Dormehl also says that 'aesthetically', YouTube poop is similar to the 'frenetic editing style' of MTV in the 1980s, which featured 'fast, non-linear cuts' that focused less on character or plot than on evoking a feeling. Forms of remix culture have existed long before the internet, with DigitalTrends's Luke Dormehl listing the cut-up technique of William Burroughs and sampling in hip-hop as examples. YouTube poop is a subset of remix culture, in which existing ideas and media are modified and reinterpreted to create new art and media in various contexts. YouTube poops are traditionally uploaded to the video sharing website YouTube, hence the name. Video genre consisting of edited pre-existing mediaĪ YouTube poop ( YTP) is a type of video mashup or edit created by remixing/editing pre-existing media sources often carrying subcultural significance into a new video for humorous, satirical, obscene, absurd, or profane-as well as annoying, confusing, or dramatic purposes.
